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Robert Barlow-Busch, Terapath Inc.email [email protected] blog www.chopsticker.com
An agile alternative to the ponderous usability test
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Usability is not a science: 9 teams, 310 problems, 75% reported once.
See Rolf Molich’s CUE studies at http://www.dialogdesign.dk/cue.html
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Design & development need more frequent course corrections
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The Design Checkpoint: One designer, one user, one hour.
rinse & repeat every 1 to
2 weeks
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Discovery checkpoints for identifying requirements, testing assumptions, understanding customers
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Exploration checkpoints for testing alternatives and digging into specific questions
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Validation checkpoints for finding the showstoppers
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Keep it simple, do frequent checkpoints, and you’ll stay on course.